Question

If the area of the trapezoid below is 98 square units, what is the value of x?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

@mathstudent55 please help

Answer 3

Do you know how to find the area of a trapezoid?

Answer 4

@FFASinger I am trying to help please stay on the question because currently it is saying you are just looking around..

Answer 5

sorry my computer lost intenet connection

Answer 6

im back @Decarr432

Answer 7

Do you know how to find the area *Formula*?

Answer 8

i am gonna be honest no

Answer 9

\[A= \frac{ B1+B2 }{ 2 }H\]

Answer 10

k

Answer 11

we are finding H=X so what is B1+B2

Answer 12

24

Answer 13

now 24/2?

Answer 14

12

Answer 15

okay now 12*x=98 think of numbers you think will work for x to make it 98

Answer 16

are there any answer choices given?

Answer 17

si hold on

Answer 18

a 14 b3.5 c 1.75d7

Answer 19

okay what do you think will work?

Answer 20

14

Answer 21

okay plug 14 in for X and solve what do you get?

Answer 22

ummmmm idk

Answer 23

Please multiply 12*14 I am not doing this for you, you have to put forth the effort :)

Answer 24

ok well i did not know how to plug in the number so sorry . anyway i got 168

Answer 25

Plugging in a number is like this x+2=3 When x=1 so you would do this (1)+2=3

Answer 26

cool thanks

Answer 27

k so i got 168

Answer 28

so thats not the ansewr

Answer 29

Now is that the answer we need *hint* we need 98 :)

Answer 30

no

Answer 31

So what number do you want to try next?

Answer 32

i tried them all and they did not work

Answer 33

I don't see why not the answer choice I choose worked fine?

Answer 34

okay lets try this then

Answer 35

\[\frac{ 28*x }{ 2 }\]

Answer 36

plug in x multiply then divide

Answer 37

where did you get 28

Answer 38

Simply multiply x by 28 and divide by 2 :) try it with all of them

Answer 39

@FFASinger